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supervisor farrell: thank you, madame clerk. i have a one that resolution and then i'm going to introduce imperative agenda. we will talk about it at that point. supervisor chu: just a quick announcements to my colleagues. as we finish the hearing today, we will continue to have public comments during the budget process. it will be next friday if you are interested in attending that. we will have a department of public health meeting. you are of course welcome to come or send a rep. they will be at 12:00, 1:30, and 3:00. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you, madam clark. i am introducing to resolution today. this is declaring san francisco a summer learning city and hopefully will kickstart the city with non-profit programs and activities for all kids that need that extra help. most students lose about two years of great level equivalency over the summer two months. low income students lose about two months in reading achievement compared to the middle-class peers that make gains. more than half of the achievement gap between lower a
supervisor farrell: thank you, madame clerk. i have a one that resolution and then i'm going to introduce imperative agenda. we will talk about it at that point. supervisor chu: just a quick announcements to my colleagues. as we finish the hearing today, we will continue to have public comments during the budget process. it will be next friday if you are interested in attending that. we will have a department of public health meeting. you are of course welcome to come or send a rep. they will...
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supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor mirkarimi: no. >> there are 6 ayes and 5 no's. madame clerk, could you please call item six-eight? >> that is affirming the planning department's project that the at&t lightspeed project is exempt from environmental review. item seven is reversing the and marmot to review. item eight is the direction of the appropriation of funding. supervisor wiener: mr. president, i move to delay consideration of item 6, 7, and 8 until we consider 21 and 22, in other words, a short delay in consideration of the appeal. i want this to occur after the ceqa hearing. >> any objections about hearing the at&t items after the 4:00 appeal? why do we not hear item 9? >> going to the budget committee without recommendation. this is adding a new section to add a payroll expense for the proportion of an eligible person's payroll expense that is eligible for stock-based compensation. >> any discussion? roll-call vote. supervisor wiener: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president ch
supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: no. supervisor mar: no. supervisor mirkarimi: no. >> there are 6 ayes and 5 no's. madame clerk, could you please call item six-eight? >> that is affirming the planning department's project that the at&t lightspeed project is exempt from environmental review. item seven is reversing the and marmot to review. item eight is the direction of the appropriation of funding. supervisor wiener: mr. president, i move to delay consideration of item...
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supervisors kim, elsbernd and farrell have worked with me on the rules committee to make sure that the appointees are transferred -- the transition to correctly. had received by unanimous vote of confidence that is very reflective of how we are administering government here. and the closeness with the board of supervisors. with that, please stand and we will take the oath and if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me, we will go through every one of your names and we will say that the commission you will be serving on that will go through that as well. [inaudible] i do solemnly of firma the i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. against all enemies foreign and domestic. that will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely. without any mental reservations. or purpose of evasion. and that i will faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter. during such time as i hold the off
supervisors kim, elsbernd and farrell have worked with me on the rules committee to make sure that the appointees are transferred -- the transition to correctly. had received by unanimous vote of confidence that is very reflective of how we are administering government here. and the closeness with the board of supervisors. with that, please stand and we will take the oath and if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me, we will go through every one of your names and we will say that...
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supervisor farrell: thank you. supervisor campos: supervisor farrell: no farrell: thank you. i will say this to every department, but thank you for the job you do it. next, we wanted to ask our budget and legislative analyst to come forward. i asked them to do a study on our debt structure, c.o.p. in particular, but to do a comparative analysis to see how we stack up for other jurisdictions. i think prince william in california is what we looked at. thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i am joined by my colleagues. i will take a couple of minutes to briefly present to you the results of the comparative analysis on the issuance of non- voter approved debt. we were asked to compare the best practices of issuing non- voter debt to those of other large california jurisdictions. we compared 15 jurisdictions, including san francisco. we focused on debt that provided appropriations. that means we are not providing information on enterprise bonds and other types of debt. finally, these numbers are based on the most recent audited financial reports, which in all but three cases is
supervisor farrell: thank you. supervisor campos: supervisor farrell: no farrell: thank you. i will say this to every department, but thank you for the job you do it. next, we wanted to ask our budget and legislative analyst to come forward. i asked them to do a study on our debt structure, c.o.p. in particular, but to do a comparative analysis to see how we stack up for other jurisdictions. i think prince william in california is what we looked at. thank you. >> good morning,...
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supervisors kim, elsbernd and farrell have worked with me on the rules committee to make sure that the appointees are transferred -- the transition to correctly. had received by unanimous vote of confidence that is very reflective of how we are administering government here. and the closeness with the board of supervisors. with that, please stand and we will take the oath and if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me, we will go through every one ofr
supervisors kim, elsbernd and farrell have worked with me on the rules committee to make sure that the appointees are transferred -- the transition to correctly. had received by unanimous vote of confidence that is very reflective of how we are administering government here. and the closeness with the board of supervisors. with that, please stand and we will take the oath and if you could raise your right hand and repeat after me, we will go through every one ofr
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supervisor kim: supervisor farrell capito supervisor farrell: -- supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: have to apply for any of the commission's report? >> i have not. supervisor farrell: any particular reason in this besides interest in san francisco? >> that is correct. 10 years ago, it was not a big deal to me at the time. supervisor elsbernd: one question -- sorry, you get to be the first person to be asked this. some others may be asked this. you have but a very good resume. it sells well in the public would like it. are you going to run for office in the next 10 years? [laughter] and the me be very blunt, i do not want to see people on this committee who are going to draw lines for their own benefit. >> that is a very fair and appropriate question. i have not and do not have any political aspirations, no. that is not my intent at all, certainly not why i would want to get into this kind of process. supervisor kim: thank you. you do have a very impressive resume. as my colleague pointed out. i just want to see about your ability to commit to the task force. as
supervisor kim: supervisor farrell capito supervisor farrell: -- supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: have to apply for any of the commission's report? >> i have not. supervisor farrell: any particular reason in this besides interest in san francisco? >> that is correct. 10 years ago, it was not a big deal to me at the time. supervisor elsbernd: one question -- sorry, you get to be the first person to be asked this. some others may be asked this. you have but a very good resume....
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we have jane kim, carmen chu is here, scott wiener, mark farrell. they are here as well. there may be more coming. i want to give a special thanks. i know not only gain, but her staff, has worked hard to spend the time necessary to explain to everybody but this is all about, and to also make sure the commitments that were made by the city family are actually carried out. whether they are affordable housing or transportation, or open space, parking challenges that we will face, or whether they are simple communications of what this is all about, i want to invite supervisor jane kim appeared to speak. -- up here to speak. >> thank you, mayor lee. i got to come to the end of a really long process, close to 14 years, of the development project, the last six months, and it is amazing how much can happen. so many people were involved in the process for many years. mayor li the enologist many of them. -- lee acknowledged many of them. tida, the citizen advisory committee. i look at developments with a careful lens because they have a huge impact on the city of san francisco and
we have jane kim, carmen chu is here, scott wiener, mark farrell. they are here as well. there may be more coming. i want to give a special thanks. i know not only gain, but her staff, has worked hard to spend the time necessary to explain to everybody but this is all about, and to also make sure the commitments that were made by the city family are actually carried out. whether they are affordable housing or transportation, or open space, parking challenges that we will face, or whether they...
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i urge you to consider the compromise supervisor farrell has come up with. as some other speakers have said, that's not exactly what i would want, but i am willing to meet in the middle because it is important for everybody to get their needs met, the neighbors and the booker t., and what that is going to bring. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i'm the chair at the land-use subcommittee. the neighborhood supported the project which was within the zones and this project is far beyond what the zoning allows. on a personal basis, i played at booker t. washington what i was a young man and my brothers played there. i support the programs booker t. has been providing. in regards to the gymnasium, it will be fine, but the primary user is not daugherty. -- is not a booker t.. that is an important issue because the gm is a physical part of the community center and this whole project is based on a private motive. the city had some planning, perhaps the community land trust to get some funding. perhaps the gymnasium could have b
i urge you to consider the compromise supervisor farrell has come up with. as some other speakers have said, that's not exactly what i would want, but i am willing to meet in the middle because it is important for everybody to get their needs met, the neighbors and the booker t., and what that is going to bring. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. >> good afternoon. i'm the chair at the land-use subcommittee. the neighborhood supported the project which was within the...
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we support the proposed compromise by supervisor farrell. the original proposal lists eight exceptions to the zoning rules that would apply to this proposed project, including exception to height, bulk, usable open space, some light, and dwelling unit exposure, and density standard. the proposal to lump all of these exceptions in to a special use district constitutes spot zoning, granting preference to this parcel not granted to other parcels in the block. we understand the project would extend 30 feet into the required of barrier yard. this would adversely impact neighbors by relieving mid blocked open space that benefits all properties on the block and conflicts with provisions of the residential design guidelines that impact light and privacy to adjacent structures be mitigated and the structure designed to be compatible with the neighboring structures. in addition, the modern facade of the building conflicts with the older architectural character of the area and fails to comply with the requirements of the residential design guidelines t
we support the proposed compromise by supervisor farrell. the original proposal lists eight exceptions to the zoning rules that would apply to this proposed project, including exception to height, bulk, usable open space, some light, and dwelling unit exposure, and density standard. the proposal to lump all of these exceptions in to a special use district constitutes spot zoning, granting preference to this parcel not granted to other parcels in the block. we understand the project would extend...
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supervisor farrell has been unending amounts of hours trying to resolve this, obviously unsuccessfully. but he has done so and has done so with the absolute best of intentions and he should get credit for that. i was saddened to see some of the inferences being generated about him. although there are always a variety of motives among neighbors who are protesting a project, i have spoken to a number of neighbors and have never gotten the sense that they do not want transition-age youth in their neighborhood or they do not want people of diverse backgrounds and their neighborhood, which i know i have heard that inference as well and i do believe by a large neighbors who are protesting this, is really about the size of the project. i don't think any of us should find that surprising, given some of the appeals that come to this board over putting it back on the back of the house or replacing a 10 foot by 10 foot wall or building a third bedroom. we know how small projects can be that become nuclear war in san francisco. it should not be surprising to anyone that there's a dispute about a b
supervisor farrell has been unending amounts of hours trying to resolve this, obviously unsuccessfully. but he has done so and has done so with the absolute best of intentions and he should get credit for that. i was saddened to see some of the inferences being generated about him. although there are always a variety of motives among neighbors who are protesting a project, i have spoken to a number of neighbors and have never gotten the sense that they do not want transition-age youth in their...
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we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet.
we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet.
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we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's needs and therapeutic goals. artists were commissioned to create 100 original works of art. a
we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into...
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we have been joined by committee vice chair supervisor farrell. with that, i will turn it over to stop. >> good morning. mike martin and office of economic and work force development. i am pleased to come before you today to update you on the progress towards achieving the ambitious but exciting projects outlined in the host and the new agreement for the 34 america's cup event. -- and the venue agreement for the 34th america's cup event. i have documents describing the even-related obligations. broadly speaking, these are the associationthings associated wie event itself and focuses away from the real-estate and those types of things. obviously we can get into more detail on each item in the memo or the presentation itself. with that, i will turn to the slide. i see that it is already up. a quick overview of the presentation. we will start out with a background for those who want to know more about what the event looks like it's self and what it embodies in terms of bringing those events for work. we will go through the organizational structure be
we have been joined by committee vice chair supervisor farrell. with that, i will turn it over to stop. >> good morning. mike martin and office of economic and work force development. i am pleased to come before you today to update you on the progress towards achieving the ambitious but exciting projects outlined in the host and the new agreement for the 34 america's cup event. -- and the venue agreement for the 34th america's cup event. i have documents describing the even-related...
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supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my parents still live in the same set of flats i grew up in. i went to grammar school at stuart hall in district 2. i went to high school in st. ignatius. i'm a very proud wildcat. i went to college at loyola marymount college in los angeles. i had a scholarship to play baseball down there. ended up going to ireland and getting a master's degree at university college dublin. came back to the states and went to law school at the university of pennsylvania. spent three years in philadelphia. came back, and ever since coming back to the bay area, professionally, i have been a corporate attorney
supervisor farrell started his first term this january, so he is new to the board. we will get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome, supervisor. thank you for joining us. tell us about your background -- where you grew up, went to school, the kind of jobs you have worked. >> i am a born and raised san franciscan, first and foremost. very proud of that. i am also a born and raised district 2 residents. i grew up close to the palace of fine arts. my...
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that brought us to this point and along with president chiu, supervisor avalos, supervise chu, cohen, farrell and wiener. i am proud to introduce a charter amendment that is much more than i or the sport have done in the past in terms of retiree health care reform. this is not a proposal that is a baby step that i have characterized some proposals in the past. this is real reform. this is also real sacrifice on behalf of our current city employees. this is not simply a proposal but is about new employees and the lighting savings 10, 15, 20 years out. this is a proposal that produces savings in the first year of its passage. this means that current employees will be sacrificing. they will be contributing more to the pension fund as the taxpayers contribute more to the pension fund. it is a fair and equitable float of those employee contributions. not just a fai from ar point of view, but from a legal point of view. in those cities when the city has a booming investments, employees will also benefit. there is a fairness in that. that is the crux of this proposal. that said, it is not the only p
that brought us to this point and along with president chiu, supervisor avalos, supervise chu, cohen, farrell and wiener. i am proud to introduce a charter amendment that is much more than i or the sport have done in the past in terms of retiree health care reform. this is not a proposal that is a baby step that i have characterized some proposals in the past. this is real reform. this is also real sacrifice on behalf of our current city employees. this is not simply a proposal but is about new...
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this day and make sure all of you feel so warm and welcome, so, we are joined by supervisors wiener, farrell, cohen, and there will be other surprises that will come in as well. they know and we know that the celebrations here are very important. they establish who we are as a community. the pershing community is a vital part of our city. i have been walking all aspects of this city, and i know a lot of things that sometimes we talk about, sometimes we don't, but the thing we talk about the most is people love this city because it is so diverse. we welcome -- we celebrate the diversity. i want you to feel very much at home here in san francisco. all of your family should feel safe here, and i know that iranian americans, one of the things you always tell me that i go around and talk to people -- you do not want to be just employees. you want to own your own businesses. i know that. i know there are so many iranian americans here who say they want to branch out, want to be their own boss, and all of you have taught me how to make government more responsible to your business interests. because
this day and make sure all of you feel so warm and welcome, so, we are joined by supervisors wiener, farrell, cohen, and there will be other surprises that will come in as well. they know and we know that the celebrations here are very important. they establish who we are as a community. the pershing community is a vital part of our city. i have been walking all aspects of this city, and i know a lot of things that sometimes we talk about, sometimes we don't, but the thing we talk about the...
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i urge you to support the compromise that supervisor farrell has proposed. we think is fair. it is supported by all of the neighborhood associations including the presidio heights and jordan park neighborhoods. [tone!] supervisor mirkarimi: 80. next speaker, please. -- thank you. >> my name is larry griffin. i am on the board of the booker t. washington center. i am here to speak in favor of the project. i am a native of san francisco and the western addition. a first set foot in booker t. washington in 1962 with my father who was doing volunteer basketball coaching. this is a very important project not just to the african-american community but the community of san francisco as a whole. the idea of transitional housing for youth, if you go down to mcalester and market or any parts of the tenderloin, you will see where a lot of foster youth and a graduate in two. they really do not have places to go to. it is really important. there's a lack of affordable housing in the city. this is a good project. it is a win-win for everybody. i understand the concerns of neighbors. i woul
i urge you to support the compromise that supervisor farrell has proposed. we think is fair. it is supported by all of the neighborhood associations including the presidio heights and jordan park neighborhoods. [tone!] supervisor mirkarimi: 80. next speaker, please. -- thank you. >> my name is larry griffin. i am on the board of the booker t. washington center. i am here to speak in favor of the project. i am a native of san francisco and the western addition. a first set foot in booker...
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we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i'm so excited to be here. you know, we've been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have today. we're going to be delving in to some of the most critical issues affecting the criminal justice system at this time. and we're going to talk about, what is justice and what it means. you know, plateo said, "i do not know what justice is, but i know what it is not." and that is very true when you think about it because it's something that we take for granted, that we believe in, that we hope for, but the reality is is that we don't understand and appreciate justice unless we are deprived of it. and in many cases the definition of justice is the correction of an injusti
we have been talking to supervisor farrell from district 2. thank you for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your district supervisor." four episodes when we come back with another of our city supervisors. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> welcome, everybody. to the 2011 justice summit by the book. i'm so excited to be here. you know, we've been doing these summits now for seven years, but this by far is the most exciting summit. i cannot wait to hear the panelists that we have...
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we are joined by supervisor farrell, president chiu will be in and out. he is also serving on the budget committee that is meeting at the same time. we have been joined by supervisor cohen. the clerk of the committee, we want to thank the following staff members. do we have any announcements? >> please turn off ringers on cell phones. allowed a speaker picard and place it to the right of the podium. it will appear on the july 12 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> i know many of you are here for a number of things. why don't we call an item number one. >> hearing on the standards, projects that may cause environmental health impact. >> this is an item that i introduced and let's make it very clear what the purpose of this item is. it is an item that will involve a general discussion of the standards and procedures that are followed in the department of public health as they provide a review of land use projects or other projects that come before the board that require their expertise in terms of analyzing and the environmental health impacts of those proje
we are joined by supervisor farrell, president chiu will be in and out. he is also serving on the budget committee that is meeting at the same time. we have been joined by supervisor cohen. the clerk of the committee, we want to thank the following staff members. do we have any announcements? >> please turn off ringers on cell phones. allowed a speaker picard and place it to the right of the podium. it will appear on the july 12 agenda unless otherwise stated. >> i know many of you...
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supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. superivsor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the project. item four is in motion reversing the certification of the final environmental impact report. item five is a motion directing the preparation of findings. item 25 is the ordinance approving a development agreement between the city and parkmerced investors, making various findings and waiving certain provisions of the a minister to code. item 26, ordinance amending the planning code to establish the parkmerced special use district. item 27 is a zoning map to reflect a special use district. item 28 is an ordinance amending the general plan by amending the urban design element height map with respect to the site. items 29 through -- these items were reviewed by the planning department. president chiu: we had public comment earlier today on items that unde
supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. superivsor mar: aye. supervisor mirkarimi: aye. >> there are 11 ayes. president chiu: please call items 3 through 5, as well as items 25 through 28, related to parkmerced. >> item 3 is a motion approving the final environmental impact report for the project. item four is in motion reversing the certification of the final environmental impact report. item five is a motion directing the preparation of findings. item 25 is the ordinance...